New York to Hold Mass Meeting on Speeding Laws
Angered by repeated auto fatalities, New York police commissioners call a mass meeting to urge legislative action. The case of Alice Mohen, struck by a touring car, sparks demands for radical changes in speeding laws and stricter licensing. The statement decries drivers who flee after hitting pedestrians and compares risks from heavy road equipment to autos.
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Alice Mohen
Antos
New York
Baker
Fatal tenement fire claims six lives in Brooklyn
A Havens Place tenement fire in Brooklyn yesterday killed six people including two women, one man, and three children. Ten others were injured, one fatally, and a woman remains missing. Firemen rescued many as the building, housing eight families, burned and ledgers toppled, revolvers fired from windows caused panic. Mrs. Rose Caravilla was saved but later found dead with her two children. About a hundred residents were in the building when the fire started.
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Brooklyn
Havens Place
Rose Caravilla
Standard Oil Returns to Its Native Ground
Fakerefield Gallt Nov 25 A million barrels of Standard Oil oil stored in earthen tanks is leaking and seeping back toward the sands. Officials drill the reservoir sides to find the cause while owners plan wells to protect adjacent pools and reclaim the lost oil.
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Fakerefield
Gallt
Standard Oi Company
Geeptire
Haw
Cianent Property
Rainfall Surpasses Season Average in Umatilia County
The report shows rainfall for September, October and November totaling 4.51 inches, nearly an inch above normal, with October breaking a prior drought. Through November the three month total sits just shy of last year's, and projections hint at a bumper crop next season for Umatilia farmers.
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Pendleton
Molsture
Umatilia
Storm wrecks vessels in Beacte TN harbor
Nov 6 storm drives a throw masted schooner ashore at Stevens Flat in this harbor endangering the river. Every boat excepting a few on the beach is shattered as the worst storm in years piles wreckage along the harbor.
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Stevens Flat
Governor requests troops amid Bedford unrest
Indianapolis November 25 Governor Marshall received a request from Sheriff Todd of Lawrence county for troops to Bedford. He said conditions were bad due to a quarryman strike and the current deputy force is insufficient to keep order. One ticket at Tool River. Mio River November 26 Heil River city election December 7 will have a single ticket. City politics are typically not hotly contested with voters favoring reelecting retiring councilmen after a regime that launched civic growth.
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Indianapolis
Marshall
Todd
Lawrence County
Bedford
Tool River
Mio River
Heil River
Wx Ing
Witett
Eugene mayor adup ts bootlegging fund reveal
A Portland Journal agent reports Eugene Idaho dry town leaders raised 27 200 for suppressing blind pigs and bootleggers. On a train trip a dry battle raged with a fiery stranger who, by force of argument, persuades the wet faction to concede. The man hands out cards reading J D Matlock mayor of Eugene.
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Welsor
Idaho
Howard Miller
Portland Journal
Prohibition
Thanksgiving Proclamation Appoints November 25
President Taft issues a Thanksgiving Proclamation declaring Thursday, November 25, as a day of general thanks. He notes the nation’s peace, crop abundance, and industrial progress, urging the people to attend church and offer praise to Almighty God. Done at Washington, November 15, 1909, with the seal of the United States.
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America
Mereley
United States
Washington
Nation Feeds Its Holiday Dinners Across Cities
New York and Philadelphia celebrate Thanksgiving with mass charity and free dinners for thousands of children. Costumed youngsters solicit alms as turkeys and delicacies flood streets and courtyards, painting a vivid picture of nationwide gratitude.
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Gotha
Philwielphia
New York
Turkey
Possible New Department of Public Health Proposed
Washington Nov 25 President Taft may recommend creating a new bureau or even a cabinet department of Public Health to meet rising health complexities. If approved the head would be a cabinet officer, otherwise a bureau under an existing department. Critics warn of growing staff and costs with new offices.
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Washington, D. C
Patt
Department of Public Health
Congress
Cocal Gladiators Locked In Combat For City Title
City championship at stake as Cocal Gladiators face the high school and academy on Court Street this afternoon. Captain Devine will miss the game with a knee injury, weakening the school eleven and giving the academy the edge with fullback shifts and prior knowledge of the high school plays. Referee Mark Moorhown to call the contest at 3 o'clock, aiming for a brisk, modern style exhibition after a traditional rivalry.
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Devine
High School
Academy
Court Street
Hawley Bean
Nat Kimball
Bean
Carrol
Mark Moorhown
Aapan to Increase Army Strength in Taklo Echoes War Plans
Confident military council in Taklo plans a fifty regiment infantry expansion to the Imperial army after autumn maneuvers. Patriotism fuels belief in defense buildup amid recent national rally and rumors of urged readiness for a forthcoming struggle with Russia.
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Taklo
Cook Sends Polar Records to Copenhagen on Steamship
Dr Frederick A Cook ships polar field notes and an analysis to the University of Copenhagen to argue his claim of reaching the North Pole. He plans to provide instruments to the National Geographic Society and organize a Greenland expedition next spring with Peary data, Rasmussen, and Rostoe Mitchell.
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National Geographic Society
New York
United States
Frederick A. Cook
Copenhagen
Pole
Peary
University of Copenhagen
Greenland
Price of Thanksgiving Turkey Rises in Chicago
Chicago reports higher turkey prices for Thanksgiving. Ten years ago a 9 pound bird cost $1.95 in a department store ad offering a full dinner package. Current prices show a significant per pound increase from 25 to 27 cents in past years and 5 to 60 cents this year.
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Chicago
Officer Kearney Foils Weekend Home Invasion Bid
Night officer John Kearney chased two men toward the rear of the Bond brothers store in the Columbia lodging area after a glass break was heard. The suspects, Stickney and an younger accomplice, were arrested in a dark alley with clothing and tools indicating a planned burglary. Both men claimed to be staying in Pendleton and had worked for local farmers. neighbors praised Kearney for acting quickly.
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John Kearney
Burgioen
Andes
Giorg
M. OR. Blickney
Mike d'Connir
Kearney
Flip
Alta Street
Gio
Giase
Bond Brothers
John Schmidt
Owl Coiliers
Columbia
Irabien
Allashrest
Stickney
Ocenner
Sittem
Pendleton
Keartiey
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J. D. Matlock
Eugene
P. C. Knox
William Taft
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Dat
Denmark
D. Frederick Cook
North Pole
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